Code Name Verity (2012) (Egmont)Elizabeth Wein
Grade: A
Genre: young adult / historical
Source: own
Code Name Verity: (1) Code Name Verity
Young adult RBC 2014: The first book in a series
Fearless Scotswoman and blue
blooded ‘Queenie’ become unlikely best friends with Maddie Brodatt, aspiring
female pilot, when the war brings these two girls together. Their unlikely
friendship transcends their rank, official duties and geographical boundaries
as their operations continue to bring them together and send them apart again.
When the pilot who is meant to be flying Queenie to France for Code Name Verity
is unavoidably detained, Queenie suggests Maddie for the task. Maddie is very
familiar with flying her best friend to top-secret missions that she’s not
allowed to ask about and so she doesn’t expect this flight to be any different
from normal. When their plane is hit, Queenie is forced to jump for it and
continue her mission as planned. When she’s captured by enemy forces after a
stupid cultural blunder, one wrong move could bring everything she’s worked for
crashing down …
